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Originally Posted by nAo
Not really relevant, how does this lower the need for larger caches?
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Assuming SoEMT, it's just as hoho said. In the case of a cache miss, a core can simply switch to another thread until the data for the previous thread is retrieved.
A side-effect of this is that smaller caches could theoretically be used. Otherwise, it can make a CPU core with a medium-sized cache deliver the performance of a core with a larger cache. This all assumes a multi-thread friendly environment, of course.